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Update: Pedestrian hit by bus at Baseline station
A 46-year-old woman’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening Wednesday evening after she was struck by a bus at the Baseline Transitway station over the rush hour, police said. Roads were...
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Couple celebrates 40th anniversary where it all began: Algonquin College
Not many couples can say they’ve been happily married for 40 years. But for Pierre Gougeon and his wife, Marlyne Beauvais-Gougeon, it’s easy. Pierre, 62, surprised his wife, Marlyne, 60, with a trip...
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Debt trap: 10 years after high school, 28 years old, $42,000 in the hole, and...
Melanie Gibson is so deep in a mound of student debt, she can barely see her way out. A decade after graduating from high school and entering university, she still owes $30,000 in student loans,...
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The Canadian dream: Trades a path to steady, reliable income for some
Chris Mazur, 23, is a new electrical apprentice with O’Connor Electric. He landed the job three months ago after a long, four-year struggle to find a company that would take him on. “It’s, like,...
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Reevely: 'Pee Challenge' results show sexual diseases more common on Ottawa...
The “World Record Pee Challenge” at four Ottawa post-secondary campuses last spring found 17 cases of sexually transmitted infections, according to Ottawa’s public-health unit. That makes students at...
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'When it doesn’t work, move on': Algonquin pulls out of men-only campus in...
Algonquin College is pulling out of its controversial, money-losing college for men in Saudi Arabia. The failed venture in the Middle Eastern kingdom will end up costing Algonquin an estimated $5.8...
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Editorial: Algonquin abandons Saudi Arabia for the wrong reasons
Algonquin College is ending its operations in Saudi Arabia, citing financial reasons. What it didn’t point to – though it should have been a major factor in the decision – is the gross human rights...
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Drivers start Uber school in Ottawa
Ottawa’s Uber drivers can do a better job of serving customers and making money. That’s the idea behind an Uber school started by a trio of local drivers. John Hennessy said the 2.5-hour course will be...
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Today's letters: Saudi arms deal, political correctness
Saudi arms deal offends our values Re: Liberal nihilism on Saudi arms, Aug. 29. I write to express my sincere thanks for Shannon Gormley’s condemnation of arms sales to Saudi Arabia. As Canadians, we...
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Ottawa-area blood clinics for the week of Sept. 19
For more information or to book an appointment to give blood, please call 1-888-2-DONATE or visit blood.ca. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 Canadian Blood Services, 1575 Carling Ave., 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. St....
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Sandy Hill group adding more green to Somerset Street East
Armed with shovels, spades, wheelbarrows and watering cans, a group of Sandy Hill residents are transforming several patches of asphalt along Somerset Street East into blossoming gardens full of...
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A window into her world
The little brass wire elephants, antelopes and horses guarding Ottawa interior designer Tazim Lal’s fireplace mantle have something to say. They’re dhokra figurines — made using a traditional Indian...
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Heidi Helm: For the love of design
Growing up in Sudbury, Heidi Helm knew she had a calling. It just took her 24 years to figure out what it was. It was 1999 and she was working full time in a bank in her hometown when it donned on her:...
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EZ Jewel Box is a real gem
Of all the things Elena Zakharov thought possible as a Ukrainian girl growing up in the repressive communist era of the 1970s, cruising through Beverly Hills in a Mercedes Benz was never one of them....
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Halting mandatory taxi training would be step backward, El-Chantiry says
The city shouldn’t stop making cabbies take a course on serving customers and navigating Ottawa roads, according to one city councillor. “I find it’s a backwards step,” West Carleton-March Coun. Eli...
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Algonquin president Cheryl Jensen to visit controversial Saudi campus
Algonquin president Cheryl Jensen is heading to Saudi Arabia to check out for herself the college’s male-only campus in Jazan and the possibility of opening a college for women in the country. Jensen...
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Viral 'off-the-grid' homeowner returns with cheaper solar power innovation
A local entrepreneur who made global headlines for his off-the-grid home last year is getting ready to unveil his latest unconventional solution in sustainable energy. Algonquin College mechanical...
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New Algonquin energy plan generates heat and electricity together
When Algonquin College asked one of the world’s biggest engineering companies to help it save energy, no one at the college expected to start generating two million watts of their own electricity. The...
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Algonquin program puts indigenous cooking on the menu
Katie Bousca had high hopes when she moved to Ottawa from Baker Lake, Nunavut, two years ago to take part in the culinary program at Algonquin College. But after just two semesters — struggling...
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Update: Pedestrian hit by bus at Baseline station
A 46-year-old woman’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening Wednesday evening after she was struck by a bus at the Baseline Transitway station over the rush hour, police said. Roads were...
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